Street-car fender.



A. O. BARROUL.

STREET CAR FENDER. APPLICATION FILED 001230, 1912.

Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 23,1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Annn O. Banuoun, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing at 7 North Jackson street, Mobile, in the county of Mobile and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Street-Car Fenders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to new and useful improvements in fenders for street cars, and is particularly designed for use on trolley and other electric cars, and also upon cable cars.

The main object of my invention is to provide a fender that will be simple in construction, efficient in operation, inexpen sive to manufacture and durable against wear and tear.

A further object of my invention is to provide a fender that is so held in position and of such size that when a person comes in contact with the same he will not be apt to be injured as would be the case with many fenders now in use and upon the market. With this in view I have provided a canvas apron of considerable size, which is suspended at one end from the base of the front platform windows, while the other end is fastened to a device which may be pushed out of the way under the car and caused to fly out from thereunder when released by resilient means provided for the purpose.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as are described in this specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Iteference being had to the drawing, Figure 1 is a fragmentary ide elevational view of a car to which my invention has been applied; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal transverse sectional view of a car to which my fender has been applied, said fender being in the position of receiving a person about to he struck. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal longitudinal sectional view of a car to which my fender has been applied, said fender being shown pushed out of the way under the car and held in such position by suitable means adapted for the purpose. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical sectional View taken on the line l t of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 5--5 of Fig. 4i.

Referring more particularly to the d 'awings in which like numerals designate like parts throughout, my invention is described as follows: To the car Tl, just below the platform windows 2, secured by means of hooks 3, is a canvas apron 4, the lower end corners of which apron 4!; are secured to the forward terminals of the T shaped bar 6 at the end thereof. Any suitable means of engagement may be had between the loworend corners of the can "as apron and the terminalsof the crossbar7,such as rivets or bolts S. The T shaped bar is adapted to be forced under the car in that position illustrated in Fig. 3 against the action of the spring 9, which spring is interposed between the forward end of the car and the lever 10, which lever is provided with a longitudinal slot 11 therein, of suilicient length to accon'miodate the reciprocal motion of a sliding pin 12 therein, which pin is utilized as a means of connection between the longitudinal arm of the T shaped bar and said lever 10.

\Vhen the T shaped bar (i is forced under the car in that position illustrated in Fig. 2-), it is held in such position by means of a pin 13, U shaped at its lower terminal 14:, the upper extremity of which U shaped portion engages a recess or perforatimi 15 provided in or through the longitudinal arm of the T shaped bar adjacent the ilj'orward terminal thereof. Said pin is normally held in cngagement with the longitudinal arm of said bar by means of a coil or helical spring interposcd between the platform 17 of said car and the head 19 of said pin and encircling same.

The longitudinal arm of the T shaped bar reciprocates in staples 19, which are secured to the platform of the car centrally upon its under face and arranged in spaced relation to one another.

Although l: have specifically described the novel featm'es of construction, combination and mrangement of the several parts of my invention, yet I do not conline myself to such novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, but reserve and may exercise the right to make such changes therein as do not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the. appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In a street car fender, the combination 2. The combination with a car, of a fen-.

der therefor, comprising a T-shaped bar slidably secured to the car, an apron secured at one end to the front of the car and at the other end to said T-shaped bar, spring means for forcing the bar forwardly to extend the apron, and means for holding said bar in its retracted position.

3. The combination with a car, of a T- shaped barslidably secured to the bottom thereof, an apron secured at its upperend to the front of said car and at its lower end to the T-shaped-bar, a lever pivotally secured at one end to the car, a sliding connection between said lever and bar, a contractile spring attached at one end to the car and at the other end to the lever, said spring tending to project the T-shaped bar forwardly from under the car, and means for locking the bar in its retracted position.

4. The combination with a car, of a T- shaped bar slidably secured to the bottom thereof, an apron secured at its upper end to the front of said car and at its lower end to the T-shaped bar, a lever pivotally secured at one end to the car, a sliding con nection between said lever and bar, a contractile spring attached at one end to the car and at the other end to the lever, said spring tending to project the T-shaped bar forwardly from under the car, a pin slidable through a vertical opening formed in the car floor, and means for holding said pin normally in its raised position, the pin being formed with an upwardly extending end portion adapted to engage a slot formed in the bar, whereby said bar is limited in its retracted position.

In testimony whereof I affix my. signature in presence of two witnesses.

ABEL O. BARROUL.

C. W. OBERKIRCH, Jr.

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